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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to honor Robert E. Ryan Sr., 
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Executive Director of the Plumbing Council of Chicagoland, on 
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his retirement; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert Ryan is the voice of the "Ask Your Plumber" 
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program heard on WBBM Radio on Saturday mornings in Chicago; he 
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was a drummer for more than 30 years with the Shannon Rovers 
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Pipe Band, under the watchful eye of his father and the founder 
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of the band, Tommie Ryan; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He graduated from Washburne Trade School in 1968 
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and began a 16-year career at O'Hare International Airport and 
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a five year career with the City of Chicago as an inspector and 
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plan examiner; in 1985, he graduated from Loyola University's 
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Deaconate program; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Since 1991, he has served as the Executive 
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Director of the Plumbing Council of Chicagoland; he is a member 
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of the City of Chicago License Board, the State of Illinois 
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Plumbing Advisory Board, and a director of the American Society 
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of Sanitary Engineers and the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago; 
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and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army from 1964 to 
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1970; he was honorably discharged as an E-5 Sergeant-in-Charge 
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of the motorpool; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is active in the St. Juliana Parish, where he 
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has served as a Deacon since his ordination in 1985; he has 
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served as a Chaplain for Alexian Brothers Hospital, as Director 
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of the RCIA Parish Program, and as Co-Director of the Ministry 
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of Care Program; and he was the recipient of the St. Phillips 
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the Deacon Award in 1993; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Robert E. Ryan Sr. on his retirement and wish him 
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the best in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Robert E. Ryan Sr. as a symbol of our respect.